Type, matrix, space, &amp;c., for typographical machines.



RUDULLPH,

TYPE, MATRIX, SPACE, 2154A..

'ROR TPOGRAPHLGAL MACHINES.

APPLICAAIM NLRB MAR. 11. 1914,

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nr, Niy invention UNITED STATES PATENT oEEioE.

HERMAN J'. BUDULEH, OF BROOKLYN, YORK, ASSIGNGR T0 MEGENTHALEB LINOTYPEGOMPANY, A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK. i

TYPE, MATEEIX, SPACE, Sco., FOR TYPOGRAPHCAL MACH-INES.

Specification of Letters iraient.4

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

Application led Narch 11, 1914. Sei-iai No. 823,934.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN J. RUDULPH, acitizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Type, Matrices, Spaces, &c., for Typographical Machines,of which the following is a specification, reiference being had thereinto the accompanying drawing. Y l

Vrelates to type, matrices, spaces, etc., for typographical machines,which are ordinarily provided with ears, edges, or other guidingportions,'whicn facilitate their travel in the machine and in suretheir'proper storage. For instance, in the Well-known linotypemacliine,i natr1ces and spaces are formed with projecting ears at theircorners, and these ears have a thickness equal to or less than that ofthe body ortion. I have found it desirable in some instances to formthese ears of greater thickness than that of the body portiomand in thespecific instance illustrated, I have shown my improvements as appliedto extremely thin blanks or hair spaces, although ohviously they mightsimilarly be adapted to matrices provided with characters, or in otherforms of typographical machines to types or dies, aswell as to matricesand spaces.

Generally speaking, I desire it to beninderstood that I do not limitmyself to any specific formor embodiment, except'in so far as suchlimitations are specied in the claims.` A j Referring to the drawing:Figure 1 is al vertical section through the lower end of the magazine ofa linotypel machine, ivherein are stored blanks or matrices embodying myinvention; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is anedge vieiv of an assembled line as employed in tabulation; Fig. 4 is asection on the line #1 -4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a perspective of a hair space; and Fig. 7 is asimilar view of a hair space and an ordinary matrix.

Referring lto Figs. 1 and 2, the matrices X and hair spaces W are storedas usual in the magazine A formed with the channel grooves A1, and theirrelease therefrom is controlled by the escapements B. In the ordinaryconstruction of magazine, the width of the narrowest groove A1 isconsidera-hly greater than the thickness of the body portion of a hairspace W, for instance in actual practice these dimensions are .OiOinchand .Ol inch respectively. Therefore, with spaces of the ordinaryconstruction, they would pass and lap each other in the channels. inorder to insure their proper storage, I therefore form the spacesW (seealso Fig. 6) with their ears Wl oi` a thickness greater tlian that oftheir bodies, and one approximating the width of the correspondinggrooves Al. In this Way, I insure their proper location in the magazinechannels one above another.

Fig. 7 shows my improved hair space in proximity to an ordinary matrixX, it being noted that the ears Xl of the latter are of less thiclmessthan that of its body, thus aiiordingthe space necessary toreceive theprojecting ears W1 of the space 7VV when the latter is brought intoclose relation to a matrix. This coperation is Well indicated in Figs.'3,y i Yand 5, which illustrate an assemhled line of tabular matter,comprising matrices X, Wedge spacers Y, and the hairv spaces W. It willbe noted that the thickened ears W1 of the hairspaces project over thebody portions of the adjoining matrices, andvin a sense so that thelatter are inclosed by the former. It will also he noted that thespacers Y have only the Width of the body portions or the matrices X.and spaces W, so that in the event that a space 'W is brought intocontact with a spacer Y, its ears W1 will project beyond and inclose thespacer, although this latter arrangement isnot specically illustrated inthe drawing.

In Fig. 4 is shown a tabular slug Z produced from the assembled line ofmatrices, the slug having deep vertical notches Z1, all as wellunderstood inthe art.

I have shown my invention only in vpre.- ferred form and by Way ofexample, and asv applied to a hair space in a iinotype ina-g chine, butobviously many changes and'va-'M' ioc construction. and mode ofoperation, What I j A claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is as follows:

thickness than that of said side edges.

3. A type, matrix, or space, having a body portion of rectangular forniand of uniform thickness throughout, and provided at each of its lfourcorners with projecting ears of g'eater thirlmessthan that of the sideedges of said body portion.

4. TWO cooperatingv type, y,rnatajieesj or Spaces. each formed withprojectiiigea'rs, the ears of one of, them being thicker than its bodyportion, and the ears ot' the other being thinner than its body portion;whereby the two may overlap one another. f

A type, matrix, or space, haring 'body portion of uniform thickness, andformed with projecting ears of greater thickness than that of said bodyportion,` an "'e0 operating type, matrix or spaceli` ing its bodyportion seated against the Diortion of the first mentioned one and' in'cl by its thiol; projecting ears. k

n testimony whereof Ihax'e atiyixe" svnature in presence of'tno witneslHERMAN J. nonna.

E. LAMB.

